Students collect 1,000-plus items for area homeless

1:27 AM,
Nov. 13, 2013

Written by

Hannah Sparling
Staff Writer

West Muskingum Middle School teacher Sara Murphy didn't know what to expect when she introduced her students to Socktober, a monthlong collection of socks and other items for the homeless.

Murphy showed her language arts classes the Socktober video - in which YouTube star Kid President Robby Novak encourages people to use the Internet for good rather than "selfies" and posting pictures of food. The 10-year-old comedian encouraged people to use October to collect donations for homeless people and then to post pictures of their work on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.